Storms halt Cockatoo Coal’s Baralaba mine

Severe storms in Queensland have flooded the pit at the Baralaba mine, operated by
Cockatoo Coal
, the company said on Thursday.

Access has not been possible to assess the exact cause of the pit flooding, Cockatoo said in a statement to the Australian Securities Exchange.

A dewatering program will be needed to get the mine back into production once the flood waters recede, it said.

“Mine management are making the appropriate plans to ensure the required equipment will be available to restart the operations once the flooding has abated and remedial works have been completed," the company said.

“All offices, workshop and coal process equipment remain undamaged and on high ground."